1945 British Columbia general election

The 1945 British Columbia general election was the 21st general election in the Province of British Columbia, Canada. It was held to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. The election was called on August 31, 1945, and held on October 25, 1945. The new legislature met for the first time on February 21, 1946.

A centre-right coalition was formed by the Liberal and Conservative (now called the Progressive Conservative) parties in order to defeat the social democratic Co-operative Commonwealth Federation.

Although the Coalition won fewer votes than the Liberal and Conservative parties won in total in the previous election, the Coalition still won more than half of the votes, captured more than half the seats, and formed a majority government.

Results

|style="text-align:left;" | | 47 || 32 || 37 || 5 || 261,147 || 26,979 || 55.83 || 7.65

|style="text-align:left;" |Harold Winch | 48 || 14 || 10 || 4 || 175,960 || 24,520 || 37.62 || 4.26 (all factions) | || 2 || 1 || 1 || || 1,395 || 5,746 || 0.30 || 1.27

| || – || 1 || – || 1 || – || 1,681 || – ||Changedallegiance

| || 21 || – || – || – || 16,479 || 16,479 || 3.52 ||New (alliance) | || 16 || – || – || – || 6,627 || 6,627 || 1.42 ||New

| || 2 || – || – || – || 2,786 || 2,786 || 0.60 ||New

| || 2 || – || – || – || 1,532 || 106 || 0.33 || 0.03

| || 2 || – || – || – || 748 || 748 || 0.16 ||New

| || 1 || – || – || – || 423 || 423 || 0.09 ||New

| || 3 || – || – || – || 285 || 398 || 0.06 || 0.09

| || 1 || – || – || – || 199 || 199 || 0.04 ||New

| || 1 || – || – || – || 105 || 105 || 0.02 ||New

| || 1 || – || – || – || 61 || 61 || 0.01 ||New |- ! colspan="3" style="text-align:left;" | Total | 147 | 48 ! colspan="2"| 48 ! colspan="2"|467,747 ! colspan="2"| 100.00% |- | colspan="7" style="text-align:left;" | Rejected ballots | 3,899 ||898 | colspan="2"| |- | colspan="7" style="text-align:left;" | Actual voters who voted | 298,387 ||5,514 | 62.66% || 10.07 |- | colspan="7" style="text-align:left;" | Registered voters | 476,222 ||58,383 | colspan="2"|

+ Seats and popular vote by party Party Seats Votes Change (pp)

MLAs elected

Synopsis of results + Results by riding - 1945 British Columbia general election (single-member districts) Riding Winning party VotesName 1941Party Votes Share Margin#Margin% CCF Total Alberni Lib Coal 2,135 54.02% 877 22.19% 2,135 1,258 559 – – – 3,952 Atlin Lib Coal 297 50.42% 5 0.84% 297 292 – – – – 589 Burnaby CCF CCF 5,905 50.56% 1,172 10.04% 4,733 5,905 744 298 – – 11,680 Cariboo Lib Coal 1,370 57.93% 375 15.86% 1,370 995 – – – – 2,365 Chilliwack Con Coal 3,804 62.37% 1,509 24.74% 3,804 2,295 – – – – 6,099 Columbia Lib Coal 671 53.30% 83 6.60% 671 588 – – – – 1,259 Comox CCF Coal 3,432 45.62% 70 0.93% 3,432 3,362 729 – – – 7,523 Cowichan-Newcastle CCF CCF 3,768 55.33% 726 10.66% 3,042 3,768 – – – – 6,810 Cranbrook Con Coal 2,077 49.04% 112 2.64% 2,077 1,965 193 – – – 4,235 Delta CCF Coal 5,859 53.64% 796 7.28% 5,859 5,063 – – – – 10,922 Dewdney Con Coal 4,586 53.71% 633 7.42% 4,586 3,953 – – – – 8,539 Esquimalt Con Coal 2,568 56.35% 579 12.70% 2,568 1,989 – – – – 4,557 Fernie Lab Lab 1,289 42.28% 271 8.89% 1,018 742 – – – 1,289 3,049 Fort George Lib CCF 1,726 55.73% 355 11.46% 1,371 1,726 – – – – 3,097 Grand Forks-Greenwood Con Coal 707 52.06% 246 18.11% 707 461 84 – – 106 1,358 Kamloops Lib Coal 2,804 57.78% 911 18.77% 2,804 1,893 156 – – – 4,853 Kaslo-Slocan Lib CCF 1,098 53.12% 129 6.24% 969 1,098 – – – – 2,067 Lillooet Con Coal 1,143 51.42% 320 14.40% 1,143 823 – 196 – 61 2,233 Mackenzie CCF CCF 2,961 52.19% 648 11.42% 2,313 2,961 293 106 – – 5,673 Nanaimo and the Islands Lib Coal 3,124 54.24% 577 10.02% 3,124 2,547 – 89 – – 5,760 Nelson-Creston Lib Coal 3,055 58.59% 1,806 34.64% 3,055 1,249 – – 184 726 5,214 New Westminster Lib Coal 4,900 57.91% 1,933 22.85% 4,900 2,967 595 – – – 8,462 North Okanagan Lib Coal 2,990 59.78% 1,408 28.15% 2,990 1,582 – 430 – – 5,002 North Vancouver CCF Coal 5,912 54.20% 1,842 16.89% 5,912 4,070 646 280 – – 10,908 Oak Bay Con Coal 4,598 82.31% 3,610 64.62% 4,598 988 – – – – 5,586 Omineca Lib CCF 932 51.58% 57 3.16% 875 932 – – – – 1,807 Peace River Lib CCF 1,682 47.85% 565 16.07% 1,117 1,682 – 716 – – 3,515 Prince Rupert Lib CCF 1,873 49.83% 525 13.97% – 1,873 538 – 1,348 – 3,759 Revelstoke Lib Coal 1,089 51.17% 50 2.34% 1,089 1,039 – – – – 2,128 Rossland-Trail CCF Coal 3,171 49.35% 1,111 17.29% 3,171 933 – 261 – 2,060 6,425Saanich Lib Coal 5,414 57.85% 1,983 21.19% 5,414 3,431 239 – – 275 9,359 Salmon Arm Con Coal 1,560 60.00% 520 20.00% 1,560 1,040 – – – – 2,600 Similkameen CCF Coal 3,447 57.09% 856 14.18% 3,447 2,591 – – – – 6,038 Skeena Lib Coal 901 58.7% 267 17.40% 901 634 – – – – 1,535 South Okanagan Con Coal 3,706 64.25% 1,644 28.50% 3,706 2,062 – – – – 5,768 Yale Lib Coal 1,077 66.77% 541 33.54% 1,077 536 – – – – 1,613

= open seat = winning candidate was in previous Legislature = incumbent had switched allegiance = previously incumbent in another riding = not incumbent; was previously elected to the Legislature = incumbency arose from byelection gain = other incumbents renominated = multiple candidates

+ Results by riding - 1945 British Columbia general election (multiple-member districts) Riding Winning party VotesNameMLAs 19411945 CCF Total Vancouver-Burrard2 29,649 20,221 2,030 1,219 – 107 53,226 Vancouver Centre2 21,854 15,000 3,967 959 – 426 42,206 Vancouver East2 18,980 25,721 2,798 705 – 56 48,260 Vancouver-Point Grey3 67,276 26,859 2,472 625 – 423 97,655 Victoria City3 31,553 16,866 436 743 – 473 50,071

See also List of British Columbia political parties

1945 British Columbia general election

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